pip install metabase-apifrom metabase_api import Metabase_API
mb = Metabase_API('https://...', 'username', 'password') # if password is not given, it will prompt for passwordCalling Metabase API endpoints (documented here) can be done using the corresponding REST function in the wrapper.
E.g. to call the endpoint GET /api/database/, use mb.get('/api/database/').
You usually don't need to deal with these functions directly (e.g. get_item_id, get_item_name)
- create_card
- create_segment
- copy_card
- copy_pulse
- copy_dashboard
- copy_collection
- update_column
- make_json
- move_to_archive
- delete_item
For a complete list of functions parameters see the functions definitions using the above links. Here we provide a short description:
Specify the name to be used for the card, which table (name/id) to use as the source of data and where (i.e. which collection (name/id)) to save the card (default is the root collection).
mb.create_card(card_name='test_card', table_name='mySourceTable') # Setting `verbose=True` will print extra information while creating the card.Using the column_order parameter we can specify how the order of columns should be in the created card. Accepted values are 'alphabetical', 'db_table_order' (default), or a list of column names.
mb.create_card(card_name='test_card', table_name='mySourceTable', column_order=['myCol5', 'myCol3', 'myCol8'])All or part of the function parameters and many more information (e.g. visualisation settings) can be provided to the function in a dictionary, using the custom_json parameter. (also see the make_json function below)
mb.create_card(custom_json=myCustomJson)Provide the name to be used for creating the segment, the name or id of the table you want to create the segment on, the column of that table to filter on and the filter values.
mb.create_segment(segment_name='test_segment', table_name='user_table', column_name='user_id', column_values=[123, 456, 789])At the minimum you need to provide the name/id of the card to copy and the name/id of the collection to copy the card to.
mb.copy_card(source_card_name='test_card', destination_collection_id=123)Similar to copy_card but for pulses.
mb.copy_pulse(source_pulse_name='test_pulse', destination_collection_id=123)You can determine whether you want to deepcopy the dashboard or not (default False).
If you don't deepcopy, the duplicated dashboard will use the same cards as the original dashboard.
When you deepcopy a dashboard, the cards of the original dashboard are duplicated and these cards are used in the duplicate dashboard.
If the destination_dashboard_name parameter is not provided, the destination dashboard name will be the same as the source dashboard name (plus any postfix if provided).
The duplicated cards (in case of deepcopying) are saved in a collection called [destination_dashboard_name]'s cards and placed in the same collection as the duplicated dashboard.
mb.copy_dashboard(source_dashboard_id=123, destination_collection_id=456, deepcopy=True)Copies all the items in the given collection (name/id) into the given destination_parent_collection (name/id). You can determine whether to deepcopy the dashboards.
mb.copy_collection(source_collection_id=123, destination_parent_collection_id=456, deepcopy_dashboards=True, verbose=True)You can also specify a postfix to be added to the names of the child items that get copied.
Update the column in Data Model by providing the relevant parameter (list of all parameters can be found here).
For example to change the column type to 'Category', we can use:
mb.update_column(column_name='myCol', table_name='myTable', params={'special_type':'type/Category'})It's very helpful to use the Inspect tool of the browser (network tab) to see what Metabase is doing. You can then use the generated json code to build your automation. To turn the generated json in the browser into a Python dictionary, you can copy the code, paste it into triple quotes (''' ''') and apply the function make_json:
raw_json = ''' {"name":"test","dataset_query":{"database":165,"query":{"fields":[["field-id",35839],["field-id",35813],["field-id",35829],["field-id",35858],["field-id",35835],["field-id",35803],["field-id",35843],["field-id",35810],["field-id",35826],["field-id",35815],["field-id",35831],["field-id",35827],["field-id",35852],["field-id",35832],["field-id",35863],["field-id",35851],["field-id",35850],["field-id",35864],["field-id",35854],["field-id",35846],["field-id",35811],["field-id",35933],["field-id",35862],["field-id",35833],["field-id",35816]],"source-table":2154},"type":"query"},"display":"table","description":null,"visualization_settings":{"table.column_formatting":[{"columns":["Diff"],"type":"range","colors":["#ED6E6E","white","#84BB4C"],"min_type":"custom","max_type":"custom","min_value":-30,"max_value":30,"operator":"=","value":"","color":"#509EE3","highlight_row":false}],"table.pivot_column":"Sale_Date","table.cell_column":"SKUID"},"archived":false,"enable_embedding":false,"embedding_params":null,"collection_id":183,"collection_position":null,"result_metadata":[{"name":"Sale_Date","display_name":"Sale_Date","base_type":"type/DateTime","fingerprint":{"global":{"distinct-count":1,"nil%":0},"type":{"type/DateTime":{"earliest":"2019-12-28T00:00:00","latest":"2019-12-28T00:00:00"}}},"special_type":null},{"name":"Account_ID","display_name":"Account_ID","base_type":"type/Text","fingerprint":{"global":{"distinct-count":411,"nil%":0},"type":{"type/Text":{"percent-json":0,"percent-url":0,"percent-email":0,"average-length":9}}},"special_type":null},{"name":"Account_Name","display_name":"Account_Name","base_type":"type/Text","fingerprint":{"global":{"distinct-count":410,"nil%":0.0015},"type":{"type/Text":{"percent-json":0,"percent-url":0,"percent-email":0,"average-length":21.2916}}},"special_type":null},{"name":"Account_Type","display_name":"Account_Type","base_type":"type/Text","special_type":"type/Category","fingerprint":{"global":{"distinct-count":5,"nil%":0.0015},"type":{"type/Text":{"percent-json":0,"percent-url":0,"percent-email":0,"average-length":3.7594}}}}],"metadata_checksum":"7XP8bmR1h5f662CFE87tjQ=="} '''
myJson = mb.make_json(raw_json) # setting 'prettyprint=True' will print the output in a structured format.
mb.create_card('test_card2', table_name='mySourceTable', custom_json={'visualization_settings':myJson['visualization_settings']})Moves the item (Card, Dashboard, Collection, Pulse, Segment) to the Archive section.
mb.move_to_archive('card', item_id=123)Deletes the item (Card, Dashboard, Pulse). Currently Collections and Segments cannot be deleted using the Metabase API.
mb.delete_item('card', item_id=123)There are also two other Python wrappers for Metabase API here and here.